!Verdura! - Living a Garden Life

Verdura! Living a Garden Life celebrates the power of adding more green to your life with 30 simple and budget-friendly gardening projects that promote well-being through plants.*2025 GardenComm Silver Laurel Media Award Winner*From award-winning Puerto Rican author and gardening celebrityPerla Sofa Curbelo Santiago of Agrochic.com, a Spanish-language gardening lifestyle platform, comes this guide to forming a lifelong love of nature, plants, and gardening. Verdura means ';greenery' in Spanish, but also refers to any edible plant from the garden. Throughout this book,verdura is used as both a description and an aspirationit's all about adding more verdura to your daily life!Perfect for beginners and expert gardeners alike, turning the practice of tending plants into a healthy lifestyle has never been easier. It takes many repetitions to form a habit, and the goal is to use the 30 projects found here to transform the initial spark of joy plants create into a healthy habit that enhances your life in many ways. Indoor and outdoor projects are included, many of which are perfect for small spaces and urban environments.In addition to offering plant-related wellness tips, personal stories of her own garden evolution, and advice on how tending plants can improve both physical and mental health, Perla offers clear step-by-step guidance on project creation.Some of the projects you'll find inside include: Creating a container plantingthat appeals to a 13-year-old version of yourselfMakinga meditation garden or a private healing nookPlanting a barefoot gardenPerforming a quick and easy garden makeoverCompiling a garden-tainment kitUpcycling common discards to create a propagation station, a swinging planter, and a birdbathOrganizingyour garden legacy using a basic guideAlso included are alternative plant charts if you're the kind of gardener who likes lots of plant choices, and section openers that offer a small glimpse of gardening life on the island of Puerto Rico.Green-up your life to reduce stress and add joy with help from Verdura!